Crotalaria alata D.Don

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Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Crotalaria

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree.
Life form
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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AprMayJun
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Usually found near the sea coast on sandy soils, also along rivers on rocky and peaty soils, ascending to 1,500 metres. Open grassland, roadsides, streamsides, mixed deciduous forest and hill evergreen forest; at elevations up to 1,500 metres.
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It is a subtropical plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The plant is powdered.
Uses animal food environmental use material medicinal poison
Edible shoots
Therapeutic use Poison (unspecified), Abscess (unspecified), Furunculosis (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Crotalaria alata leaf picture by Augustin Soulard (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Crotalaria alata flower picture by Augustin Soulard (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Crotalaria alata fruit picture by Augustin Soulard (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Crotalaria alata world distribution map, present in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Indonesia, India, Kenya, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Myanmar, Mauritius, Malaysia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Réunion, Singapore, Thailand, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:487971-1
WFO ID wfo-0000210921
COL ID ZN72
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Crotalaria alata Crotalaria collettii Crotalaria sagitticaulis Crotalaria bialata Crotalaria alata